The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 2005
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
12:30 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.42° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.87° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.